indigestible

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adjective

Difficult or impossible to digest.

Similar
flatulentheavynondigestibleundigested
Opposite
digestible
OriginEnglish digestible ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveindigestible (comparative more indigestible, superlative most indigestible)

comparative more indigestible · superlative most indigestible

  1. Difficult or impossible to digest.
  2. broadlyDifficult to accept; unpalatable.
nounindigestible (plural indigestibles)

plural indigestibles

  1. Anything that is difficult to digest.

    "Take a cruller, any way," said she, handing him a cake-basket containing a dozen or so of those unspeakable, Dutch indigestibles.

    1872, James Parton, The Life of Horace Greeley

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedigested with difficulty

Similar
flatulentheavynondigestibleundigested
Opposite
digestible
Also see
flatulentheavyinediblenondigestiblestodgyundigested

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishdigestible
  8. Englishindigestible

From in- + digestible.

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Translations

Bulgarian трудно смилаем
  • трудно смилаем (trudno smilaem)difficult or impossible to digest
Catalan indigest, indigerible
  • indigestdifficult or impossible to digest
  • indigeribledifficult or impossible to digest
Czech nestravitelný
  • nestravitelnýdifficult or impossible to digest
Dutch onverteerbaar
  • onverteerbaardifficult or impossible to digest
Esperanto nedigestebla
  • nedigestebladifficult or impossible to digest
Finnish sulamaton, vaikea sulattaa
  • sulamatondifficult or impossible to digest
  • vaikea sulattaadifficult or impossible to digest
  • vaikeasti sulatettavadifficult or impossible to digest
French indigeste
  • indigestedifficult or impossible to digest
German unverdaulich
  • unverdaulichdifficult or impossible to digest
Hungarian emészthetetlen
  • emészthetetlendifficult or impossible to digest
Latin indigestibilis
  • indigestibilisdifficult or impossible to digest
Polish niestrawny, ciężki
  • niestrawnydifficult or impossible to digest
  • ciężkidifficult or impossible to digest
Spanish indigesto, indigerible
  • indigestodifficult or impossible to digest
  • indigeribledifficult or impossible to digest
Cite this entry
APA

indigestible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indigestible

MLA

“indigestible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indigestible. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indigestible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indigestible.

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